Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4459 18 Jun 2026, 11:30

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Additional software 83 0 0 0 0 83 6 0 6 15:10.664 Passed
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
Feature Additional software
As a Tails user I may want to install software not shipped in Tails And have them installed automatically when I enable persistence in the Greeter
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker @fragile @doc
1:47.729
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.025
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.069
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:21.571
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.764
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.286
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 1.879
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.228
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 8.345
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.185
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.003
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:49.909
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.024
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.024
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 48.394
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.575
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.349
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.640
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 17.091
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.727
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.746
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.942
And I enable persistence 19.153
And I log in to a new session 9.658
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.170
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.646
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.697
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.114
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 6.638
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.830
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.028
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:25.725
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.016
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.021
Given a computer 0.150
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:12.361
And I update the APT lists using apt 4.685
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.270
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.171
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.086
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 6.771
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.798
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.025
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:5.192
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.018
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.016
Given a computer 0.146
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:43.293
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.259
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.570
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.500
When I start Synaptic 12.399
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.519
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 10.211
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.584
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.621
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.181
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.433
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.591
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.355
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.358
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.957
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.220
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.408
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.577
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.351
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.822
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.024
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:54.482
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.031
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.025
Given a computer 0.173
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:22.426
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.007
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.606
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.896
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.616
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.170
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.768
And I enable persistence 10.591
# We need to add back this custom APT source for the Additional Software
# install step, as it was not saved in persistence
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.006
# Prevent the "Warning: virtual machine detected!" notification from racing
# with the one we'll be interacting with below.
And I disable the tails-virt-notify-user.service user unit 0.061
And I log in to a new session 10.373
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.242
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.050
# We remove the newest package after it has been downloaded and before
# it is installed, so that the upgrade process fails
And I prepare the Additional Software upgrade process to fail 0.063
And the network is plugged 0.055
And Tor is ready 13.883
And available upgrades have been checked 1.148
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.996
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.545
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.107
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.214
And I enable persistence 9.717
# We need to add back this custom APT source for the Additional Software
# install step, as it was not saved in persistence
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.006
And I log in to a new session 11.546
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.215
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.033
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 17.813
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.051
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.644
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.809
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.065
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:7.624
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.017
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.017
Given a computer 0.143
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.832
And I enable persistence 10.525
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.078
And I log in to a new session 11.156
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.667
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.110
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.110
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.103
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.175
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.022